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About Mandate Order
Mandate Order is an ancient war simulation and city‑building game set in China’s Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. It blends free‑form construction, a retainer system based on the Hundred Schools of Thought, and large‑scale real‑time tactical battles.
Players manage seasonal farming, diplomacy, and logistics while defending against invasions. The game features dynamic weather, a ritual system that influences disasters, and a sandbox mode that supports multiple playstyles without timed input.
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City‑State Construction
A gridless free‑building system lets you place residences, farms, workshops, and barracks to create a complete production chain. Seasonal farming cycles—spring plowing and summer cultivation—affect both visuals and management rhythm.
Rich gathering and production systems support raw material processing, storage, and distribution, forming an industrial chain that adapts to your resources and sandbox conditions.
- Plan farms near water sources to maximize seasonal yields.
- Group related workshops to shorten logistics paths.
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Retainer and Policy System
Recruit retainers from Confucianism, Daoism, Mohism, Legalism, Militarism, Agriculturalism, and other schools. Assign them to governance, military command, diplomacy, or policy development, shaping your state’s philosophy.
A nine‑grid national policy system works with court debates, allowing choices like alliances, ceasefires, trade, or joint attacks, creating unique gameplay experiences.
- Mix schools to balance military and economic strengths.
- Use diplomatic retainers to reduce the impact of enemy invasions.
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Real‑Time Tactical Battles
Deploy formations with simple mouse line‑drawing commands for tactics such as encirclement, breakthrough, siege assault, and defense. Battles feature chariot charges, fortress warfare, and thousand‑unit fields with a pseudo‑physics knockback system.
Build fortress defenses—walls, towers, catapults, ballistae—and integrate them into your military architecture for tangible battlefield impact.
- Place towers at choke points to maximize siege defense.
- Use line‑drawn formations to quickly adapt to enemy movements.
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Ritual and Seasonal Influence
Offer sacrifices to Heaven and Earth to pray for state fortune. Ritual outcomes affect natural disasters, calamities, and event results, testing judgment and morality.
Seasonal changes not only alter visual atmosphere but also impact city management, marching rhythm, and the timing of warfare.
- Perform rituals after a disaster to mitigate future penalties.
- Align major military campaigns with favorable seasonal conditions.
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Industrial Coordination and Logistics
Through technology upgrades and logistics systems, raw materials like timber, ore, and grain move from gathering to processing, storage, and distribution, forming a complete industrial chain.
Adjust strategy based on sandbox resources, strengthen the state via reforms, and renew institutions to survive and grow.
- Upgrade storage facilities before expanding production.
- Balance resource extraction with processing capacity to avoid bottlenecks.
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